37 Bible Verses about God Lifting People

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.

The time came for Jehovah to take Elijah up into the physical heavens (the sky) in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha set out from Gilgal,

The Spirit entered me when he spoke to me. He stood me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

The Spirit entered me and stood me on my feet. He talked to me. He said: Go shut yourself in your home.

Then the Spirit lifted me, and behind me I heard a loud thundering voice say: Blessed is Jehovah's glory from this place.

The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went away feeling bitter and angry. The strong power of Jehovah came over me.

It stretched out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair on my head. In these visions from God, the Spirit carried me between heaven and earth. He took me in vision to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

The Spirit lifted me and took me to the east gate of Jehovah's Temple. It is the gate that faces east. Twenty-five men were at the entrance of the gate. I saw among them Azzur's son Jaazaniah and Benaiah's son Pelatiah. They were leaders of the people.

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

The Spirit lifted me and brought me into the inner courtyard. I saw Jehovah's glory fill the Temple.

I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out of Egypt so that you are no longer slaves of the Egyptians. I have broken their power over you and made you live as a free people.

He spoke to me while I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground. He touched me, and set me upright.

I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers. All the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'Now I will spread my net over you with a company of many peoples. They will lift you up in my net.

There is no exaltation from the east, or from the west, or from the desert.

God is the Judge; He brings down one and exalts another.

He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them.

Jehovah sustains all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.

Be gracious to me and raise me up, O Jehovah, that I may repay them.

You who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what Jehovah, the God of Israel, says to him: I chose you from among the people and made you the ruler of my people Israel.

I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. You have gone the way of Jeroboam. You made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins.

O Jehovah, you brought me up from the grave. You kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

I went down to the bottom of the mountains! The earth with its bars closed upon me for a very long time. Yet you have brought my life up from the pit, O Jehovah my God?

([Psalm of David]) I will praise and exalt You, O Jehovah, for you lifted me up. You did not let my enemies rejoice over me.

Carefully obey Jehovah your God. Faithfully follow all his commandments that I give you today. If you do this Jehovah your God will place you high above all the other nations in the world.

You protect me from violent enemies. You made me greater than all of them.

He saves me from my enemies. You lift me up above my opponents. You rescue me from violent people.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies who surround me. I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes I will sing praises to Jehovah.

You, O Jehovah, are a protective shield over me. You are my glory. You hold my head high.

He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.

He sets on high the lowly people. He lifts those who mourn to safety.

He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble. He keeps me hidden in his tent. He puts me high on a rock.

He removes rulers from their thrones and exalts the humble.

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

By faith Enoch was moved (transferred) (removed) so that he would not see death. He was not found, because God had moved him away. Before he was moved away he saw that he had pleased God well. (Genesis 5:24)